'I just did "Hymie's Hymn." I listened back to the take and said 'that's gr… Read Full Bio ↴'I just did "Hymie's Hymn." I listened back to the take and said 'that's great. Go back to the top and record me again, turn the snare mike off.' Then I did another take. Then I knew exactly what I wanted to do so I told him to turn the bamboo mikes on and told him to just record it. So I made that tune "Hymie's Hymn."
What this ties into is that I had been offered to make this film soundtrack for Wolfen. Michael Wadleigh (who directed Woodstock) took me out on the Warner Brothers lot when I was in L.A. and took me to this 17mm movieola and said 'This is how wolves feed in the dark. This is the plot of the movie. What I need is an urban jungle sound.' So I came up with "Hymie's Hymn" as my pilot for the score for the movie. He fucking loved it but... (laughs)
John and I ended up in New York to do the Tom Synder show (NBC-TV). He really bollocks'ed us out during a commercial and said 'Stop behaving like this!' When we came back on, John said 'I believe you were just throwing a tantrum.' It was just so funny! Synder was saying like 'Just me one example what you mean when you saying you're not a band.' John said 'Like movie soundtracks... We're going to be doing this fucking movie, Wolfen.' Right then, I got a sinking feeling in my stomach, that we weren't even going to be getting a lift back to the hotel. I already knew during the show that the record company was ready to drop us again. (laughs)
After this, people were walking up to us saying, 'Oh, that was great!' It didn't take the record company long to pick up on that so they loved us again. But I lost the soundtrack because of that, what John said on the air. I had it in the bag and Wadleigh loved it. I really wish I'd done the movie (soundtrack).'
Interview with Keith Levene, July 2001.
What this ties into is that I had been offered to make this film soundtrack for Wolfen. Michael Wadleigh (who directed Woodstock) took me out on the Warner Brothers lot when I was in L.A. and took me to this 17mm movieola and said 'This is how wolves feed in the dark. This is the plot of the movie. What I need is an urban jungle sound.' So I came up with "Hymie's Hymn" as my pilot for the score for the movie. He fucking loved it but... (laughs)
John and I ended up in New York to do the Tom Synder show (NBC-TV). He really bollocks'ed us out during a commercial and said 'Stop behaving like this!' When we came back on, John said 'I believe you were just throwing a tantrum.' It was just so funny! Synder was saying like 'Just me one example what you mean when you saying you're not a band.' John said 'Like movie soundtracks... We're going to be doing this fucking movie, Wolfen.' Right then, I got a sinking feeling in my stomach, that we weren't even going to be getting a lift back to the hotel. I already knew during the show that the record company was ready to drop us again. (laughs)
After this, people were walking up to us saying, 'Oh, that was great!' It didn't take the record company long to pick up on that so they loved us again. But I lost the soundtrack because of that, what John said on the air. I had it in the bag and Wadleigh loved it. I really wish I'd done the movie (soundtrack).'
Interview with Keith Levene, July 2001.
Hymie's Him
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02 religion i Stained glass windows keep the cold outside While the hypocr…
03-swan lake Seeing in your eyes Words can never say the way Told me…
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Angry Your savage mind Has made you deaf dumb blind Your savage he…
Annalisa Think I'm proud to be your enemy Take your hands off…
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Bad Baby Nearly ten thirty, I'm rising early I've got an eye to…
Bad Life Call me up after midnight. Tell me I'm wrong, tell me…
Bad Night I think it’s just been another bad night I think it’s…
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Careering Scream A face is raining Across the border The pride of hist…
Chant Voice moaning in a speaker Never really get too close Only a…
Covered Some unions are based on trust, some unions are a…
Criminal Like a criminal. Did you think it could be like on…
Cruel Body and soul, an animal As a sword, swing double edged Dig…
Death Disco Seeing in your eyes. Seeing in your eyes Words can never say…
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Don't Ask Me What you gonna do - When the river runs dry Put…
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F F f Looking for a cure within the human race Eliminate the…
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Fool Oh, oh, oh you made a fool out of me Treated…
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Francis Massacre Don't wanna go near there Plead not guilty Plead not gui…
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God I can only feel and think in the language of Clinches…
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Home Better days will never be Better days will never be Better d…
Home Is Where the Heart Is (Lydon/Levene/Wobble/Atkins) I got the oven repaired This w…
Human None of us are the enemy And they are the same…
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Love Hope I can see potential, I can see intention With a pocket…
Love Song This is not a love song This is not a love…
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One Drop I am John and I was born in the London I…
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Question Mark Remember that Remember that Remember that Remember that Reme…
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Religion Stained glass windows keep the cold outside While the hypocr…
Religion I Stained glass windows keep the cold outside While the hypoc…
Religion II Stained glass windows keep the cold outside While the hypocr…
Rise I could be wrong I could be right could be wrong I…
Round (Lydon/Schulz) Round and around Around, around, round, roun…
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The One Stained glass windows keep the cold outside While the hypocr…
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@stockholm1752
@1:40 “No Future”.
@denniswilkinson8948
This track was originally written for the movie Wolfen (1981) but some how didn't appear in the movie
@tommyborgia3590
I love this song it has an ora about it,I've always loved it since 1981.
@PJGolden68
aura
@lararae3017
Do you mean aura.
@FFFNetwork
John Lydon said he called this track "Hymie's HIm" because the music was so perfect that he couldn't write lyrics for it so he labeled this track that as a slight dig at Keith Levene.
@jordanlummis9313
Wolfen is a classic.
@MrDoremouse
It sounds like a movie sound track. Yes, when they go out at night in the urban jungle to feed the wolves. Wonder if the guy ever made 'Wolfen' ?
@fett4life250
hymie, oh you darling. i cant wait to meet up with your sweet sounds in the underground again.
@finmarc
thx a lot